高二外研版英語同步練習ModuleCarnivalCulturalCorner

學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精4-4_parent”CulturalCornerⅠ。單詞拼寫1．Chinadoesalotof________（貿(mào)易）withmanycountries.2．TheEarthwasherelongbeforethe________(起源）ofthehumanspecies.3．Thepassagepointedoutthatallthecountries________(聯(lián)合）tofightglobalrecession。4．Thiskindofapplesismoreexpensivebecausetheyare________(進口)fromabroad。5．TheRioGrande________（標志)theborderbetweenMexicoandtheUSA。6．Africanpeoplewerefightingforthef______andindependenceoftheircountries.7．Theseedsaret______bythewind.8．Weliveinam______society。9．Thepartywasinc______ofMother’ssilverwedding。10．Therearemanybadcustomsandlawsthatoughttobea______.答案：1.trade2.origin3.united4。imported5。marks6．freedom7。transported8.multicultural9.celebration10．a(chǎn)bolishedⅡ.完成句子1．他沒有必要在北京停留。________________________________________himtoremaininBeijing。2．你退休后誰來接管公司？Whowill________________thecompanywhenyouretire？3．他們?nèi)⌒λ┲绱斯之惖囊路hey________________________________becausesheworesuchstrangeclothes。4．東西方國家間的貿(mào)易已經(jīng)有了明顯的增長。Therehasbeenamarked________________________________EastandWest。5．這里的華人社區(qū)在放煙火,慶祝春節(jié)。TheChinesecommunityhereareshootingofffireworks________________________theChineseNewYear。答案：1.Thereisnoneedfor2.takeover3.madefunofher4.increaseintradebetween5。incelebrationofⅢ.單項填空1．Wecannot________religionbyadministrativeorderorforcepeoplenottobelieveinit.A．delay B．polishC．delete D．a(chǎn)bolish答案：Dabolish“廢除，廢止”;delay“耽擱,延遲”；polish“擦亮，磨光”；delete“刪除”；此處意為“廢除宗教”。2．Weheldaparty________theirfiftiethweddinganniversary.A．infavourof B．intermsofC．inplaceof D．incelebrationof答案：Dincelebrationof“為慶?！保项}意.infavourof“支持；對……有利”；intermsof“就……而言;以……方式”;inplaceof“代替".3．Beforeitcouldbe________totheUnitedStates，asitehadtobefound.A．transformed B．translatedC．transported D．transplanted答案：Ctransform“轉(zhuǎn)換，轉(zhuǎn)化"；translate“翻譯”；transport“運輸”;transplant“移植”。由題意知是“被運到美國"。4．________isnowno________thatglobalwarmingisasecuritythreattousall.A．There；doubt B．There;needC．It；doubt D．It;need答案:AThereisnodoubtthat。..“……是毫無疑問的?！睘楣潭ù钆?，符合題意.Thereisnoneedthat.。.“……是沒有必要的?！?．Histhirdfilm________amajoradvanceincinematictechniques。A．takesB．marksC．hidesD．brings答案:Bmark“標志（著)",符合題意.6．Thiskindofcloth________welland________long。A．iswashed；lasts B．washes;lastsC．washes;islasted D．iswashed;lasted答案：B句意是：這種布料好洗、耐用。wash在此句中表示布料的特征，所以要用主動形式;last表示“持續(xù)”不用被動形式。7．Shealsosaidshehad________feelingsaboutreturningtolandaftersolongatsea.A．mixed B．sadC．cheerful D．horrible答案:A句意是：在海上那么長時間之后，她也說她對重返陸地有一種復雜的心情。此句要用mixed表示“混雜的，復雜的”，即很難說明的一種心情。8．Canadaisacountry________manydifferentnationalitiesaswellasonewithforeignimmigrants________themajorityofitspopulation。A．consistingof;makingupB．makingupof；occupiedwithC．madeupof;consistingofD．consistedof;takingup答案：A句意是：加拿大既是一個外國移民占大部分人口的國家，也是一個由許多不同民族構(gòu)成的國家。consistof“由……組成”;makeup“構(gòu)成"。9．Thesimplejoyofreadingissomethingwetakeforgranted，butmanypeoplehaveto________thepleasurebecauseofpooreyesight。A．givein B．giveoffC．giveout D．giveup答案：D句意是：閱讀帶來的單純的樂趣是我們認為理所當然的，但是許多人因為視力不好放棄了這種快樂。givein“屈服，讓步”；giveout“發(fā)出，分發(fā)”；giveup“放棄”。10．Billykeptaskinghismotherifhecouldgotothemoviesandshe________。A．gavewayto B．gaveupC．gaveaway D．gaveway答案:D句意是：比利不斷地問媽媽能否讓他去看電影，她只好讓步了。giveaway可引申為“退讓”。givewayto“讓路，讓步”，后面要接賓語；giveup“放棄”；giveway“送掉，分發(fā),捐獻"。11．Likesomeofmyclassmates，Icannotliveuptomyteacher'sexpectations；________Iletthemdown。A．inotherwords B．a(chǎn)fterallC．what'smore D．moreorless答案：D句意是:像我的一些同學一樣，我辜負了老師們的期望，我或多或少讓他們失望了.inotherwords“換句話說”；afterall“畢竟”；what’smore“而且”；moreorless“或多或少地"。12．Itiscertainthathewill________hisfather'sbusinesswhenheisexperiencedenough.A．takeover B．thinkoverC．handover D．goover答案：A句意是:他有足夠的經(jīng)驗時一定會接管他父親的生意。takeover“接管”；thinkover“仔細考慮”；handover“移交”；goover“復習”。Ⅳ.閱讀理解AThereareanumberofspecialdaysoftheyearthatarecelebratedindifferentcountries.Theoriginsofmostofthedaysareunknown。Theywerecertainlynotcreatedbyindividualpeople.Otherdays，however，especiallythosecelebratedinwesterncountriesoftenowetheiroriginstoaparticularperson。Oneofthemostpopularofthese,eventhoughitisfairlyrecent，isMother'sDay.Mothershavealwaysbeenhighlyregardedinallcultures.TheancientRomanshadafestivalknownasHilaria，duringwhichchildrentookpresentstothetempleofthe“MotherofGods".TheChristianChurchadoptedthisideaandcalleditMotheringSunday.However,overtheyearsthiscustomwasgraduallyforgotten,andalmostdisappearedbytheendofthe19thcentury。Bornin1864inVirginia,USA,AnnaJarviswasaschoolteacherandbelievedchildrenshouldshowgratitudetotheirmothersforalltheirloveandcare.Encouragedbyafriend,shewrotetothousandsofimportantpeople-politicians，churchmen，doctors，cityofficialsandaskedthemtosupportheridea:aspecialdayoftheyearforthankingmothers。In1910theGovernorofWestVirginiaintroducedMother'sDayintothestate。ThedatechosenwasMay10—thesecondSundayinMay,whichisstillobservedinAmericatoday.ThisdatewaschosenbecauseMay10wasthedateonwhichin1908AnnaJarvis'smotherdied。In1914PresidentWoodrowWilsonmadeMay10theofficialdateforMother'sDaythroughouttheUnitedStates。SoontherewasaMother'sDayInternationalAssociationandthecustombegantobeadoptedinmanycountriesoftheworld.AnnaJarvis，asadanddisillusionedwomandiedin1948.Thecustomshehadworkedsohardtoestablishandwhichhadbecomealmostuniversalhadlostitsoriginalpurpose.Ithadbeentakenoverbybusiness。AswithChristmas，thegivingofpresentsandthesendingofcardshadbecomeamulti-milliondollarindustry.1．Thestoryisabout________.A．MotheringSundayforChristmasB．TheoriginofaspecialdayformothersC．PresidentWilsonandAnnaJarvisD．howpeoplecelebrateMother'sDay答案:B主旨大意題。整篇文章均在介紹母親節(jié)的來歷。2．Hilariawasafestivalin________.A．a(chǎn)ncientRome B．AmericaC．China D．theChristianChurch答案：A句意理解題。文章第一段第七句“TheancientRomanshadafestivalknownasHilaria，duringwhichchildrentookpresentstotempleofthe“MotheroftheGods。"一句明確表明,Hilaria是古羅馬的一個節(jié)日。3．AnnaJarviswantedto________.A．thankhermotherforhercareB．introduceacelebrationformothersC．meetthousandsofimportantpeopleD．makeherpupilscelebrateheronMother’sDay答案：B段落大意題。文章第二段介紹了AnnaJarvis認為孩子們應(yīng)該感謝母親的愛和關(guān)心，因而給很多人寫信要求創(chuàng)建一個專門的節(jié)日來感謝母親。4．May10becamethedateforMother’sDaybecause______.A．MayisintheAmericanspringB．itwasthesecondSundayinMayin1910C．PresidentWilsonlikedthedateD．thiswasthedateonwhichAnnaJarvis’smotherdied答案：D細節(jié)理解題。由文章第三段第三句話“ThisdatewaschosenbecauseMay10wasthedateonwhichin1908AnnaJarvis'smotherdied.”可知選擇這個日期的原因。5．Unfortunately,AnnaJarviswasnothappywithMother'sDaywhenshediedbecause________.A．hermotherwasnottheretoseeitB．shehadneverbeenamotherherselfC．peopleweretoointerestedinmakingitabusinessD．noonegaveanypresentsorcardstotheirmothers答案：C綜合判斷題。從文中最后一段第二、三句可看出,母親節(jié)已經(jīng)因為商業(yè)化而失去了它原有的意義.BPumpkincarvingisapopularpartofmodernAmerica’sHalloweencelebration.InOctober，pumpkinscanbeseeneverywhereinthecountryfromoutdoorstepstodinnertables.PeoplehavebeenmakingJackO’LanternsatHalloweenforcenturies.ThetraditionoriginatedfromanIrishmythaboutamannicknamed“StingyJack”．Accordingtothestory，StingyJackinvitedtheDeviltohaveadrinkwithhim。Truetohisname，StingyJackdidn'twanttopayforhisdrink,soheconvinced（使信服）theDeviltoturnhimselfintoacointhatJackcouldusetobuytheirdrinks.OncetheDevildidthis,Jackdecidedtokeepthemoneyandputitintohispocketnexttoasilvercross，whichpreventedtheDevilfromchangingbackintohisoriginalform.JackeventuallyfreedtheDevil,undertheconditionthathewouldnotbotherJackforoneyearandthatifJackdied，hewouldn'tclaimhissoul.Thenextyear，JackagaintrickedtheDevilintoclimbingintoatreetopickapieceoffruit.Whilehewasupinthetree,Jackcarvedasignofthecrossintothetree'sbark(樹皮）,sothattheDevilcouldn’tcomedownuntilhepromisedJacknottobotherhimfortenmoreyears。Soonafterthis，Jackdied。Asthelegendgoes,Godwouldnotallowsuchanunsavory(令人討厭的）figureintoheaven。TheDevil,upsetbythetricksJackhadplayedonhim，andkeepinghiswordsnottoclaimJack’ssoul，wouldn'tallowJackintohell。HesentJackoffintothedarknightwithonlyapieceofburningcoaltolighthisway。Jackputthepieceofcoalintoacarved。outturnip(蕪菁)andhasbeenroaming（徘徊）theearthwiththe“l(fā)antern”evensince.TheIrishbegantorefertothisghostlyfigureas“JackoftheLantern”，andthen,simply“JackO’Lantern”．6．InOctober，pumpkinscanbeseeneverywhereinthecountryfromoutdoorstepstodinnertablesbec